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The End Of The World (Disc Two Part Two)

So I follow Mr. Cavin's excellent advice and put Disc Two into my computer and watch gleefully as the bridge keeps collapsing along with relationships. All children are saved, as is the cop with the bullet wound and the wannabe nun (who turned out to be Eve Plumb).

Desi Arnez Jr. caused all kinds of additional problems, and most likely died (they didn't actually show that) and bad things happened to one of the embezzlers (did I mention there were embezzlers- for a bridge with very few people, ...

The End Of The World (Disc Two)

For quite a while, my heart and Master Card belonged to Deep Discount DVD (or as I used to refer to it, My Beloved Deep Discount DVD). Then Deep Discount DVD became just plain Deep Discount and changed its website, and I dunno, some of the love vanished.

But my heart and my Master Card never go unused for long. I discovered the truly bizarre shopping pleasures of Big Lots, where you never know what DVDs you might find, but whatever you do find, it'll only cost $3 (most recently, I bought China...

Extracurricular Activities

Since I'm figuring I'll be hearing from my editor and/or about my agent pretty soon about Blood Wounds, and since the alternative was moving things out of my entertainment center, in preparation for the arrival of the new entertainment center which will hold my shiny new TV set in a couple of weeks, I spent this morning rereading Blood Wounds.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say it's fabulous and my editor and/or agent had better agree with this assessment.

Actually, I don't think anything I'm ...

Life Is Truly Fantastisch

I spent Saturday at the Millbrook (NY) Book Festival where in between speaking to librarians and talking on a panel, I heard Jane Bryant Quinn speak about personal finance.
Index funds. Emerging markets. I have to remember to check into those.
She also said that in bad times, the first employees to get laid off are ones with negative attitudes.
I mentioned this to a writer friend of mine who responded that all writers complain and anyone who hires a writer has to know that and therefore should...

Hip Hip Hooray! It's The 18th Of May!

May 18th is the day the meteor meets the moon in Life As We Knew It and the dead and the gone. As far as I'm concerned, that makes it just about a national holiday.


I celebrated by finally buying a flashlight.


The State Of Tennessee celebrated by naming Life As We Knew It their winner of the Volunteer State Book Award (grades 7-12)

Google celebrated by sending me a link to this LAWKI quiz (I got a 90).

Scooter celebrated... well, suffice it to say, he celebrated.

Or, as Miranda put it, in This...

Dialogue In Post-Its

In addition to finding The Things I Anticipate Happening list for This World We Live In, I also found quite a number of post-its with potential dialogue or plot twists. I plopped all the post-its and scratch pad notes in my paper recycling bag, and then had a change of heart and pulled them out.

I scanned a few of them so you could see how many different pads I used (and marvel at my handwriting- my third grade teacher, who I adored, said I thought faster than I could write, which was true...

Preliminary Notes For This World We Live In

Yesterday, while spring cleaning, I discovered three pages of pre-writing notes for This World We Live In. The third of the pages is a post-facto outline of Life As We Knew It. Apparently (since I have no memory of doing any of this), I wanted to make sure there was enough material for TW by figuring out how many incidents there were in LAWKI.
I remember where I was (Storm King Arts Center) when I came up with the idea of having Lisa kill Charlie at the end of TW. Since there's no Charlie in...

Things Come Things Go (Or So I'm Told)

Those of you with eagle eyes and nothing better to do may have noticed the bookplate sampler is gone from the right side of the blog.

That's because the bookplates are gone.

I'm completely out of the lovely blue ones, and down to not very many of the greens and burgundies. I do still have a few of the black and silver ones, left over from the last bookplate extravaganza, but I'm sure all remaining plates will eventually find homes.

So rather than break people's hearts (Oh, how I yearned for a bl...

None Of The Above Is One Popular Actor

Thanks to all who voted on the polls.

I am amused by the idea of a single None Of The Above playing both Miranda and Matt. Sort of like when an actor plays identical twins in a movie, only in this case, the actor is also in drag half the time.

It'd be a challenge. But then, great acting always is.

Speaking of challenges, I have finally finally finally finished Blood Wounds and sent it off to my editor. I finished it exactly when I thought I would, but it still feels like it took me forever. Tomo...

The Polls Are Up

Help cast the non-existent Life As We Knew It movie. Three polls to the right.

Ooh, I like this. My shortest blog entry ever (except now maybe it isn't)!